Tori Amos: All These Years: The Authorized Biography

I didn't have very high expectations when I bought this book. Tori Amos is notoriously coy, cryptic, and evasive with interviewers, so I expected a pretty but unenlightening volume riddled with errors (in the tradition of the Tori Amos interview CDs). I was pleasantly surprised. The biography is well-balanced and gives Tori's formative childhood years as much weight as each era of her career. To my surprise, I learned a couple of things I didn't know about Tori. The photographs are beautiful, and what a treat it was to see so many showing young "Myra Ellen" and her family!The one drawback I can see is that this book was published in 1996, and thus is missing Tori's three most recent albums, as well as her marriage and the birth of her daughter. Perhaps we can hope for an updated edition in the future.

A well written and in-depth look at Tori Amos. The pictures are wonderful and quite beautiful, and it's nice to see so many of her earlier days. The book gives a lot of insight into her life and songs, and is something all die hard Tori fan should own.

Anyone who loves Tori knows that to know her, you've got to listen to the music, feel it, recognize what in yourself echoes in response, and then find your own voice and use it. This book skims the lovely surface of that which is Tori, but through no fault of its own, falls short in capturing all that is the essence of Tori.But, there's something nice about a coffee table worthy book that is stylish in presentation. And being a Tori fan, I consider this book an important addition to my library.

This biography by Kalen Rogers on Tori is worth the money for any Tori fan; it has many pictures of her from her childhood and other previously unseen pictures, as well as interesting stories from her toddler days through Boys for Pele. It was written before the miscarriage, marriage, and "Choirgirl" era so that is not included, but is is well worth the money for the other three solo albums and especially the YKTR days :) It's a wonderful book :)

For me, it all started with seeing a little red-haired fairy twirl around in a wooden box...my curiosity was peaked. This book answered many of my questions about Tori and gave me a strong insight into her songwriting. For anyone who enjoys Tori's music, they will also enjoy reading about her amazing childhood and her wonderful, supportive family. This is definitely a must-have in any fan's Tori collection. I've read all the Tori books and so far, this is the most comprehensive of them. Actually, most of the other ones rip off from this one!! Hope you enjoy